Actually, gravity is a constant force.Metal fatigue happens. Shortly thereafter -- so does gravity.
Actually, gravity is a constant force.Metal fatigue happens. Shortly thereafter -- so does gravity.
Actually, gravity is a constant force.
You know, I actually reread that post this morning and thought that same thing.
More on topic, I don't consider the circus hitch a knot to be used for lifting. When I use it, it's strictly for guylines for positioning things which are being lifted by other means. Just because you *can* do something without hardware in the name of efficiency doesn't mean you *should*.
I'd venture a guess that if anything ever went awry through a rigger's fault or someone else's, the rigger who used rated hardware will have a more robust legal defense than the rigger who did it with knots.
You know, I actually reread that post this morning and thought that same thing.
More on topic, I don't consider the circus hitch a knot to be used for lifting. When I use it, it's strictly for guylines for positioning things which are being lifted by other means. Just because you *can* do something without hardware in the name of efficiency doesn't mean you *should*.
I'd venture a guess that if anything ever went awry through a rigger's fault or someone else's, the rigger who used rated hardware will have a more robust legal defense than the rigger who did it with knots.
Perhaps.
The usual legal standard (I think; IANAL) is "generally accepted industry practice"; if something is one, and you can demonstrate that in court, then it *usually* isn't especially strong prosecutorial evidence, if it is at all (you can never predict what, on any given day, a jury is gonna choose to care about).
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